There is a place where back-to-school is working
There are far too few parents who think the opening of school has been handled safely, smoothly and effectively for their kids. But, rather than falling all over each other, why don’t we learn [...]
Private health care won’t cut public health care’s wait-times
We’re lucky to have a public health care system and luckier still to have reporters like Andre Picard and Andrew Coyne to separate its myths from its realities. This became clear last week when [...]
What’s worse than a chronic surgical backlog? A rapidly growing backlog across Canada
In March, health authorities across the country started cancelling elective surgeries and procedures in order to clear hospitals for treating patients with COVID-19. By May, in the absence of a [...]
Let’s not forget about grandparents when we ask if it’s safe to send our kids back to school
There are 12 homes on my block. Two of them are owned by grandparents who are in charge of caring for their grandkids before and after school. Five mornings a week, they feed them breakfast and [...]
Where did the second principle of patient navigation disappear when the pandemic hit?
The idea that no one should spend more time fighting their way through the health care system than fighting their disease may sound obvious and humane. But it wasn’t discovered until 1990 by [...]
Losing patience with the slow adoption of patient navigation.
Our health care system has been unwell for so long that it has attracted legions of cures. Some of these involve spending vast new dollars, like what Premier Ford has pledged to make Ontario’s [...]
When it comes to patient navigation, apps alone aren’t the answer
Benefits providers offer their clients a raft of services, from 24/7 physician access, to internet cognitive therapy. These are often accessed via Apps. This system works sometimes, especially [...]
Can antibody testing make your workplace safe? The evidence is building…
The more antibodies we build in our immune systems, the better we can resist the ravages of illness due to viruses. And the more of us who have antibodies to a certain virus, the more immune [...]
It’s not a lack of funding; it’s a lack of navigation.
If your ultrasound spotted a lump, or your small previously-diagnosed lump has grown, that completely manageable cancer could now grow unchecked and threaten your life. This is because the wait [...]
The most urgent post-COVID medical crisis could be our chronic one: Wait-times.
In BC, it could take two years to catch up on surgery backlogs created when elective surgery was halted in March because of the pandemic. There, some 30,000 surgeries were either postponed or [...]